Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.
The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship.
Overly persuasive a woman's ordinance spreads far, traveling fast; but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes.
But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.